NYC (Original)

2Face (A-Butta & L-Swift) - “NYC”
[Emcee(s): L-Swift and A-Butta]
[Producer(s): The Creators (Juliano and Si Spex)]
[Scratches: DJ Mayhem]

[Intro: Samples with Scratches by DJ Mayhem]
“The Bronx” - Sample from Biz Markie - “A One Two”
“And all over the world” - Sample from Biz Markie - “A One Two”
“And Manhattan” - Sample from Biz Markie - “A One Two”
“And all over the world” - Sample from Biz Markie - “A One Two”

[Hook: A-Butta and L-Swift]
NYC, to all the Five Boroughs I be
L-S-W-I-F-T
NYC, to all the Five Boroughs I be
A-Butta from the Natural E

[Verse 1: L-Swift]
First of all, Natural E murder shit
Lick a shot if you actually heard of it. I put my
Word in this, A insert a clip, bust
Yo, I don’t give a fuck—what, what?!? Duck now
Ain’t running but running broke, punk niggas fronting, hoes
Nothing goes past me ‘cause, every day, something goes. Ask me
How I feel: yo, this life ain’t for me. I put
My words on the paper, hoping I might make some cheese
But fuck it. If I don’t, I die trying. I stick a nigga
See if he got dough. If he don’t, I slide by him
Make him run two blocks, I’ll run the opposite two, so we’ll be
Four blocks away (From who?) the cops in the blue. Y’all niggas
Feel this realness. I’ll make you suffer like terminal illness
Fuck who you deal with. I bust on you real quick
Natural Elements close and seal this for all my niggas in the
Northeast Bronx. Ayyo, bust your steel shit. What?

[Hook: A-Butta and L-Swift] (x2)
NYC, to all the Five Boroughs I be
L-S-W-I-F-T
NYC, to all the Five Boroughs I be
A-Butta from the Natural E

[Verse 2: A-Butta]
All my NYC
Uptowners, Queens, Bronx
Bucktowners, Staten Island, gunpowder-blasting
My brain be acting like a chain reaction. I’ll focus
Like the main attraction, riches, and latest fashions
Ghetto wars, graffiti mansions. My mind’s corrupt like Anglo-
-Saxons and city sanctions. Creators scratching this beat (True)
So I could do what I’m ‘posed to do. It’s A-Butta
And L-Swift, son, coming close to you. I’m flowing
Through your speaker, rising like smoke from the reefer
I’m tired of living single, need a Queen like Latifah
I fiend for the green and success. If I don’t get it, then fuck it
Give me the keys to a Lex. Niggas be thieving for
Less than a dollar. Relieve my stress without a holler, dropping
Jewels like a scholar. A-Butta’s gonna rock ya up
In NYC up on this M-I-C. It’d be the
Natural E. Bring in the hook after me

[Hook: A-Butta and L-Swift]
NYC, to all the Five Boroughs I be
L-S-W-I-F-T
NYC, to all the Five Boroughs I be
A-Butta from the Natural E

[Verse 3: L-Swift]
NE definitely. I represents my Elements
Like they represent me. Don’t got no time for fronting
Honey, (just) pay me respect. When you see me, just (Just)
Give me a pound like London money. In the ghetto
There’s no smiling (Why?) ‘cause ain’t nothing funny. You could
Feel the pressure. I kill a stresser. The real finesser
Don’t got no time for Rikers. I’m receiving letters. Life
Is short as your last breath. You’re busting me? I’m busting
Back through your bullshit ass-fest. I gots to see more numbers
Than a math test. Y’all niggas kill me with that tough talk
Rough walk bullshit. My snub bump when I pull shit. It’d be
Natural Elements ‘cause this is how we do shit

[Verse 4: A-Butta]
Yo, my
Perception of this world is fucked up: less money, more poverty
And hoes getting stuck-up when their luck’s up. Where you gonna
Run to? Point your gun to? Nobody love you
Nobody trust you. Niggas’ll hustle, plus they bust you
Yo, that nigga Russell Simmons is who I want to live like
My mind gets darker than alleyways at midnight, and while I
Grab the microphone, your wife’ll grab my dick tight (Right, right)
You know my function: strictly bust raps. Ayyo, I
Show love to New York, so, yo, show some love back. Ayyo, I
Show love to New York, so, yo, show some love back

[Hook: A-Butta and L-Swift]
NYC, to all the Five Boroughs I be
L-S-W-I-F-T
NYC, to all the Five Boroughs I be
A-Butta from the Natural E
NYC, to all the Five Boroughs I be
L-S-W-I-F-T
NYC

[Outro: Sample with Scratches by DJ Mayhem]
“And all over the world” - Sample from Biz Markie - “A One Two”